Nixon Seeks Best Foreign Policy Plan
President-elect Nixon aims to craft a policy by evaluating all options for major overseas issues. He has tasked top advisers to draft alternative courses and will rely on a strengthened National Security Council to present a range of realistic choices for the new administration.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
National Security Council
NSC
Spiro T. Agnew
William P. Rogers
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Bryce Harlow
Andrew J. Goodpaster
U. S
Vietnam
Rogers
Laird
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Key Biscayne
California
Pasadena
Rangers Battle Near Da Nang in Fourth Straight Clash
South Vietnamese rangers fought North Vietnamese troops near Da Nang and My Hoa village in the An Hoa valley as American warplanes bombed the area. Initial reports list three rangers killed with enemy casualties unknown amid a broad push by U S Marines and South Vietnamese forces to smash supply depots of the 2nd North Vietnamese division.
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Saigon
da Nang
Associated Press
Dang van Phuoc
My Hoa
An Hoa
Christmas cease-fire unravels as Viet Cong plans hold
After a unilateral 72 hour cease-fire announced by the Viet Cong, the United States and South Vietnam reject the truce citing 140 plus violations. Mortar shells hit Ben Cat killing five and wounding 41 including civilians. U S officials consider new talks on New Year’s Day to win release of three American prisoners. Prisoners identified as James Brigham Thomas Jones and Donald Smith, all 21.
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U.S
U. S. Command
James W. Brigham
Ocala
Fal
Thomas N. Jones
Lynnville
Ind
Donald G. Smith
Akron
North Vietnam
Vance
Lam
Saigon
Johnson
United States
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
Hanoi
Nixon
South Vietnam
Moon Men Begin De Briefing On Moonflight Return
Apollo 8 astronauts Borman Lovell and Anders arrive at Ellington and Houston to a throng of spectators and press. They begin medical and technical de briefs and will tape record eight hours daily for 10 to 14 days detailing their 147 hour moon mission.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moon
Borman
Ellington Air Force Base
Yorktown
mid-Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Anders
Lovell
Air Force
Moon Orbit
Damage to Beirut Airport Surveyed By Israeli Jets
Israeli jets conducted reconnaissance over Beirut International Airport after a lightning raid destroyed much of Lebanon’s civil airlines fleet. Aircraft losses totaled thirteen planes from MEA and other carriers with damage estimated at $35 million. U N Security Council called, U S Britain France and the Soviet Union urged backing for Lebanon.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Isael
Rawak
British Overseas Airways Corp
Pan American
KLM
Middle East
Lebanon International Airlines
Trans Mediterranean Airlines
MEA
U. N. Security Council
Abdullah Yafi
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
U. S
U. N
Edward Ghorra
Ghorra
United States and Soviet Union condemn Israeli airport raid
At a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York, the United States and the Soviet Union condemned Israel for a raid on Beirut International Airport. Lebanon urged sanctions, while Israel said the attack was retaliation for a prior Palestine assault on an Israeli airliner in Athens.
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Port Agron
Israel
el al
Athens
United Nations, N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
Security Council
Beirut
U.S
J.R. Wiggins
Jacob A. Malik
Lebanon
Council
Palestine
Wiggins
Britain
Leslie Glass
Middle East
Claude Chayet
Malik
Topics For Peace Talks Discussed
American and South Vietnamese negotiators discuss direct U S talks with Hanoi if the four way peace conference fails. Topics include mutual troop withdrawals the demilitarized zone Laos infiltration and strengthening the Vietnam International Control Commission.
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Paris
United States
Hanoi
Vietnam
Vietnams
Laos
Vietnam International Control Commission
U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
South Vietnam
Pham Dang Lam
Vance
Johnson
Washington
Campaign finance reform proposal seeks broad taxpayer funding
The Committee for Economic Development urges half cost coverage via tax credits up to 50 dollars for campaigns and funds all nonpartisan costs. It calls for free broadcast time, a uniform primary schedule, and a presidential preference primary in all states on the same date. It also favors shrinking national conventions to about 550 delegates. The study, by John A. Perkins led panel, argues money in politics erodes trust in government.
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Washington
Committee For Economic Development
CED
Chicago
Czech President Accepts Resignations in Reform Move
Prague reports Premier Oldrich Cernik handed in the 23 member cabinet resignations to President Ludvik Svoboda who accepted them and asked for new names to form a lean seven minister regime. Smrkovsky urged to take a lesser post under pressure from Moscow and public unrest while Svoboda and Cernik seek a disciplined transition before Jan 1.
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Prague
Oldrich Cernik
Ludvik Svoboda
Svoboda
Cernik
Czechosovak
Smrkovsky
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Fred
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Dabor
Middle East Airlines
Dwight Porter
Yafi
Mediterranean
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Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
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Josef Smrkovsky
Assembly of Parliament
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